Research Methods24

1-    Complete this sentence. A hypothesis is:

• a statement of the aims of an investigation

• a statement which serves as the basis for further investigation

• the methodical evaluation of research evidence

• all of these.

2- Content analysis uses which of the below methods?

• Classifying

• Counting

• Recording

• All of these

3- Plagiarism is:

• Directly copying other’s work without referencing

• Worst offence against honesty in the research

• Rephrasing somebody else’s research as if it is yours

• All the above

4- Secondary data is:

• Data that another researcher collected

• Data that is collected by the government bodies for research aims

• Data collected from newspapers and documentaries

• All the above

5- Why is the literature review important for a research?

• It helps in collecting quantitative data.

• It complicates the research process.

• It entails what other people have written on the same topic.

• All the above.

6- Preparing questions and giving the chance for the interviewees to explain more, is considered a:

• Semi structured interview

• Structured interview

• Unstructured interview

• Questionnaire

7- Ethnological research focuses on:

• Quantitative data

• variables

• people

• primary data

8- Validity of a research means:

• The research is based on quantitative data

• The research has new knowledge which is sound.

• It is possible to apply the results at any time

• The research used primary data

9- Observing a situation for research is considered part of:

• Primary data

• Quantitative data

• All the above

• Secondary data

10- What is the comparative method?

• A way of contrasting the findings of two different studies.

• A way of comparing the outcomes of several different studies

• A way of deciding which participants get the highest scores

• Making comparisons to highlight differences and similarities between two or more cases, leading to a better understanding of phenomena